Short poems
Short miscellaneous poems By Deborah Sharma Distracted Escaping to places anywhere but here, running away from truth into denial. Instead, travel to the heart’s peace, far away from the mind’s noise, and just be, this is where you belong, You are home, No more running. Never broken I lost my mind and found my heart, amidst the ruins of delusion, surrounding love but never touching it, protected in a bubble for the true heart is never broken, nothing can touch pure love Family Heirloom What time is it? A flick of my wrist and there is my father’s trusty watch conjuring up his image. Like him, it is reliable. What touched him is now a part of me. Hollow A hollow only You can fill. Yet, I reject and search for you at the same time. Still, You do not forsake me, always watching and waiting for my return. The Panic Attack Dizzy nausea, gasping burning chest, nervous heart hammers in throat, as a reckless horse’s thumping hooves Pent